Ultra-Orthodox leaders order to advance IDF draft bill

Good news! Another success for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu!

Has this not been a political hot button and controversial issue since the founding of Israel in 1948?

"The haredi United Torah Judaism Party's (UTJ) Degel HaTorah faction gave a “green light” on Wednesday from its spiritual leaders to advance the controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription bill.

Advancements on the bill had previously been halted in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC), chaired by MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), since the opening of the winter session in October.

The green light was given after the Lithuanian-haredi Degel Hatorah's two spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, passed on the instructions to MKs. ..."

Ultra-Orthodox leaders order to advance IDF draft bill | The Jerusalem Post "The past week has seen violence from within the haredi community from extremists who are against a law that would require army enlistment from members of the community."